Complete Definition of "een"

see|één
English

Noun
een

  1. plural of|ee

Afrikaans

numeral|Afrikaans
infl|af|numeral

  1. cardinal|lang=af one

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n/

Article
rfc-level|Article at L4+ not in L3 Ety section
infl|nl|article

  1. indefinite Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.

Pronunciation
IPA|/e:n/

numeral|Dutch

  1. cardinal|lang=nl one

Derived terms
eenheid
eenmaal
eens

bijeen
iedereen

Usage notes

  1. When it is clear from the context that 'een' is the number, not the indefinite article, it is written without the accents acutes; in all other cases with. For instance, 'one of those' is written een van die. In case the word must be written with accents and starts the sentence, the first letter is left unaccented, as in the example below.

;Examples

  1. Een hoed: a hat; een oor; an ear.
  2. Eén voor allen, allen voor één: one for all, all for one. (The motto of w:The Three Musketeers.)

Scots

Noun
sco-pl

  1. plural of|ee|lang=Scots

Cardinal number
infl|sco|cardinal number

  1. Doric dialect one

Synonyms
ane
yin

da:een
es:een
fr:een
fy:een
gl:een
hy:een
io:een
id:een
it:een
ku:een
la:een
hu:een
nl:een
nds:een
pl:een
pt:een
ru:een
fi:een
sv:een
vi:een
tr:een
zh:een

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